Islam

Egyptian court seeks death penalty for
ex-president Mursi (The West
Australian) May 16 - CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Saturday sought the death
penalty for former president Mohamed Mursi and 106 supporters of his Muslim
Brotherhood in connection with a mass jail break in 2011.

China church criticises proposed rules on
crosses (The West Australian)
May 15 - Shanghai (AFP) - A state-approved Chinese church has issued a rare
public criticism of proposed local government regulations on religious
buildings, including limits on cross sizes, after a wave of church demolitions
and symbol removals in the area.

Revealed: The split that created Al-Furqan(Herald-Sun, Melbourne) May 16 - THE leader of the controversial Al-Furqan group, whose members have
links to three counterterrorism operations, held such radical views Australia’s
most fundamentalist Islamic movement cut ties with him.

Melbourne drug rehab centre fined for
misleading(ABC
News) May 11 - A drug rehabilitation centre with links to the Church of Scientology
has been fined and forced to remove claims from its website that it could
completely cure drug addiction with detox treatments, including sauna visits.